The Raanan Rankings - Week 9

11. Seattle Seahawks (5-4, Previous: 11)

Offense: 3 Defense: 4.5 Special Teams: 4.5 Quarterback: 2 Coaching: 4 Total Points: 18 Overall: Marshawn Lynch is making life a lot easier for quarterback Russell Wilson, and Wilson is starting to play better as a result. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Week 9By Jordan Raanan, XFINITY NFL Columnist Halfway through the season for most teams and separation is finally taking place. There are the pretenders and the contenders, and it's becoming pretty evident who stands where in the Week 9 power rankings. (AP Photos) (Note: The Raanan Rankings are comprised of a total score for each team from five categories — offense, defense, special teams, quarterback and coaching. The scale for each category ranges from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). Ties for teams with identical points totals were broken based on number of wins, head to head matchups and quarterback ranking.) Jordan Raanan has covered the NFL since 2005. Follow him on Twitter @JordanRaanan,Facebook or email him at jraanan@hotmail.com.

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9. Denver Bronco...Offense: 4 Defense: 3.5 Special Teams: 3.5 Quarterback: 4.5 Coaching: 4 Total Points: 19.5 Overall: The Broncos schedule is so soft the rest of the way (injury-ravaged Baltimore is the only team with a winning record) there is talk of them running the table. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

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10. Baltimore Ra...Offense: 3.5 Defense: 2.5 Special Teams: 4.5 Quarterback: 3.5 Coaching: 4 Total Points: 18 Overall: The Ravens didn't allay any of the concerns about them with their performance in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)

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11. Seattle Seah...Offense: 3 Defense: 4.5 Special Teams: 4.5 Quarterback: 2 Coaching: 4 Total Points: 18 Overall: Marshawn Lynch is making life a lot easier for quarterback Russell Wilson, and Wilson is starting to play better as a result. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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15. San Diego Ch...Offense: 3.5 Defense: 3.5 Special Teams: 3.5 Quarterback: 3.5 Coaching: 2 Total Points: 16 Overall: Wouldn't it be nice if they were able to play the Chiefs every week? (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

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22. New Orleans ...Offense: 4 Defense: 1 Special Teams: 3.5 Quarterback: 4 Coaching: 1.5 Total Points: 14 Overall: Anyone notice they've won three out of four? There's no doubt this would have been a playoff team if not for the bounty scandal. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)

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24. Cincinnati B...Offense: 2.5 Defense: 2 Special Teams: 4 Quarterback: 3 Coaching: 2 Total Points: 13.5 Overall: Andy Dalton has now thrown an interception in all eight games this season. Not good enough. (AP Photo/Michael Keating)

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25. New York Jet...Offense: 1.5 Defense: 4 Special Teams: 2 Quarterback: 2.5 Coaching: 3.5 Total Points: 13.5 Overall: Rex Ryan still didn't have power as of Monday. Hopefully that means he hasn't watched tape of that loss to Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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27. Buffalo Bill...Offense: 3.5 Defense: 1.5 Special Teams: 4 Quarterback: 2.5 Coaching: 1.5 Total Points: 13 Overall: The Bills know how to implode with the best of 'em. This week they did it continually in the red zone. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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31. Jacksonville...Offense: 1 Defense: 3 Special Teams: 2.5 Quarterback: 1 Coaching: 1.5 Total Points: 9 Overall: The Jags should be ecstatic they are not dead last in these rankings. It's a minor miracle. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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32. Kansas City ...Offense: 1 Defense: 1.5 Special Teams: 2 Quarterback: 1 Coaching: 1.5 Total Points: 7 Overall: The NFL should apologize for putting Kansas City in a primetime game. They should be embarrassed it's happened two weeks in a row. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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